Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are microscopic devices comprised of electronics and mechanical parts. Many recent sensor designs leverage MEMS technology for their high precision and ...

Compact MEMS Pirani transducer combines thermal sensing and barometric measurement to deliver wide-range vacuum monitoring ...

Smart wearables are ubiquitous in modern daily life. Sensors are a critical component of smart wearables & a vast array of other smart devices ...

Semiconductor engineers leveraged manufacturing techniques developed for computer chips to create microscopic MEMS devices. Fabrication methods for MEMS sensors, such as layer deposition, ...

MEMS sensors include accelerometers to measure linear acceleration and earth gravity vectors, gyroscopes to measure angular velocity, magnetometers to measure earth’s magnetic fields for heading ...

The underlying technology that prompts airbags to deploy on impact during a car crash can also alert medical professionals when a patient falls and makes contact with the ground. Although not new to ...

Experts at the Table: Semiconductor Engineering sat down to talk about the latest issues in sensors with Prakash Madhvapathy, director of product marketing, Tensilica audio/voice DSPs group at Cadence ...

Omnitron Sensors, which makes MEMS sensor chips, has raised $13 million to create inexpensive sensors for self-driving cars. If it works, we could say goodbye to those big spinning domes atop ...

MEMS vector hydrophones and acoustic sensors represent a transformative advance in underwater acoustics, enabling compact, low‐power, and highly sensitive detection of directional sound. Leveraging ...

El Segundo, Calif., March 1, 2012—Gyroscopes were the top revenue generator in 2011 in the dominant consumer and mobile segment of the microelectromechanical ...

What’s that rumbling? It’s the ever-loudening boom expected to stand the silicon microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone market on its collective ears. Forecasters say the market explosion ...